Men are from Mars...

I'm on Facebook today and I see an ad for the upcoming movie, The Ugly Truth in the corner (a movie I definitely want to see.) Which got me to thinking about all of the media and Hollywood hoopla surrounding a simple implicit fact--women are clueless when it comes to men.

"The Ugly Truth", "He's Just not That Into You", Steve Harvey's book, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man (which I am now reading and have decided my sole reason is so I can write a review on this blog and maybe, maybe learn something), askmen.com, etc. And, these are just to name a few. All of these things are making it seem like women are buffoons when it comes to the opposite sex.

OK. Fine. We all know women who repeat their mistakes or just don't seem to get it.

But, are we all REALLY as dumb as they think?

I mean, I don't see men watching "She's Just not That Into You" or visiting askwomen.com. If men are ignorant, they are OK with that ignorance and they don't have some dire need to read about the opposite sex or be encouraged by movies. If anything, they go out and see for themselves. Men, (if there are any who would ever read this blog), I admire and respect that.

In the beginning of Act like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Harvey makes it seem as if his book is some godsend to women of all ages. The panacea for relationship problems. Chances are, I will read his book and still get my heart broken once or twice, make really stupid decisions, and be married to a man for decades and still not know what the hell is going on in his mind.

In the end, women need to stop playing into these distorted implications that we're THAT stupid. If you enjoyed He's Just Not That Into You solely for the entertainment of watching Ginnifer Goodwin's character Gigi be an absolute nut for 2 hrs, then hey, I'm right there with you. But, don't sit down to The Ugly Truth on July 24th hoping to get some huge revelation for your life. Just enjoy the show.

The best teacher is, and always will be, experience. Learning from your experiences without repeating them and/or letting them interfere with your view of the next person to come along is probably going to take you much further than the words on Steve Harvey's pages.

Love freely,
tY